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The good thing about Singapore.

I need to get this off my chest actually because quite often, I get branded by some people or friends that I hate Singapore. (Countless time actually) I think the main reasons is that I complaint too much about our gahment's policies or other little aspect of our country. Moreover, I realise most(actually all of them I guess) of the articles I have written are actually something bad about my mother land.

So let me be frank, I do love my country and I do enjoy certain perks of being a Singaporean. So this post is actually what I do love and really appreciate when I am back in Singapore.

1) The diversity of food. Period. It may not be the best, but being a cosmopolitan and multi-racial country, we get to have different varieties of food available at our convenience. The choices we have are really quite astounding. From Middle Eastern food all the way till South Korean cuisine, you name it, we have it. Not authentic you might say but at least there is a choice.

2)Our Internet. Fast and considered reliable. If you have been staying in Thailand you wouldn't have complain much. Price point is also consider affordable for that speed. And most important of all, it's not blocked or filtered like in Thailand. (maybe some porn sites but at least not a 100% block)

3)Our passport. Practically can go any other countries without applying a VISA.

4)Efficient gahment services (applying new accounts for utilities, getting married, certified and etc). Surprising to see I praise this, well... its actually quite efficient when we go by the book. That means no oddities or special requests. You can consider it to be way more efficient than the Thais or even Malaysia (try applying for a lost passport in Thailand or Malaysia... tons of hurdles) But of course when if you are applying something not under the SOP (Standard Operating System) then prepare yourself for high blood pressure replies and services...

5)Public utilities (electricity,gas and water). Very very little screw ups. Way better then Thailand of course and I appreciate that.

6)Clean streets. Some like it, some don't but I do appreciate the clean environment. All thanks and kudos to our foreign friends who took the task to keep our place clean. It's a tough job to keep such a dense city clean and surprisingly we are doing that quite well....

7)Our police and efficient SCDF. (This is actually a mixture of good and bad....) but I'm leaning to the like side (even though they really screw up big time on certain things) at least the low ranking cops don't take bribes or abuse their power like they do in Thailand. Overall, my impression on them are still quite professional. But they are some silly incidents like CSJ and the Mas Selamat incident. But overall, I still trust them (so far)if I need help and that is quite essential.

8)Our taxis. Another surprising entry but actually our taxis are one of the better public transport I would say. Yes, it's difficult to look and book for one during peak hours but at least if the service is not up to standard you have a means to complain. And moreover, you get to hear some very interesting and entertaining conspiracies/rumours from the uncle or auntie.... :P

9)Our CPF. (another big surprise!) To be frank, it's actually a good system for us to save money for retirements and for purchasing a house. But I kind of think it's being abused by our current gahment right now. I still think it's a good vehicle to save our money. The idea is good, but the implementation wise is a bit errrrr....

10) Our people. (Older generations in their 60s or older) These are the pioneers who made SG today and most of them are being left out of our gahment's so called progress. Most of them are kind hearted, down to earth, hardworking people and I really really enjoy talking to them. Just talk to one of them and you would know how come PAP still wins every election. It's because they are just so nice.....

and lastly a bonus... hehehe

11)Our exchange rate! Singapore money more expensive, the merrier I am. I can buy more things cheaper from the states and I could change more money to spend in Thailand :P

Ok.. I can think of some more but this are the 1st 11 things that came into my mind. So don't ever say I never say good things about SG hor!

1 comment:

Observer
said...

Interesting read :-)An alternative view from an overseas Singaporean!And also improve my geography a bit... Finally found that Maesai is somewhere near Myanmar border. Curious. How do you get there from SG?